Vocabulary Weeks 1 - 2 Practice Sheet
Vocabulary Weeks 1 - 2 Bell Ringer Sheet
Previous words: Achilles’ heel Mnemonic Fathom Tawdry Stentorian
1. Serendipity (ser un DIP uh tee)
2. Patriarch (PAY tree ark)
3. Monarch (MON ark)
4. Hierarchy (HY uh rar kee)
5. Matriarch (MAY tree ark)
Monday – Draw an illustration for the NEW vocabulary words only.
|Serendipity |Patriarch |Monarch |
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|Hierarchy |Matriarch | |
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Tuesday – Write the letter of the correct definition in the blank beside the vocabulary word.
|_____ |1. |Achilles’ heel |a. |assisting memory |
|_____ |2. |Mnemonic |b. |Father or leader of a family, clan, tribe, or group |
|_____ |3. |Fathom |c. |Make lucky discoveries by chance or accident |
|_____ |4. |Tawdry |d. |Woman who rules a family, clan, tribe, or group |
|_____ |5. |Stentorian |e. |understand, figure out, penetrate meaning of |
|_____ |6. |Serendipity |f. |Person or things arranged in a series or rank |
|_____ |7. |Patriarch |g. |Very loud |
|_____ |8. |Monarch |h. |A ruler, like a king, queen, emperor, or sultan |
|_____ |9. |Hierarchy |i. |weak point |
|_____ |10. |Matriarch |j |showy and cheap |
Wednesday – Use the vocabulary words in each of the following sentences.
1. Because of nothing more than ____________________________, she was able to reconnect with her long lost love.
2. The ___________________ of the tribe declared his intentions to have his daughter marry someone from a neighboring tribe.
3. Wearing inappropriate clothing made the girl look _________________________.
4. The math problem stumped the student, proving to be the _______________________.
5. Using a ________________ strategy helped Joanna improve her spelling skills.
6. The _________________________ is often a strong woman who is able to make decisions for her family.
7. When selecting the students, the teacher used a ____________________ to rank them by their abilities.
8. No matter how much he tried, Harold could not ________________ how the child got stuck in the fence.
9. With a ____________________ blast from the trumpet, Nicholas played the school song.
10. The current ______________ of England is a woman.
Thursday – Write a synonym for each of the vocabulary words.
|Vocabulary word |Synonym |Vocabulary word |Synonym |
|Achilles’ heel | |Serendipity | |
|Mnemonic | |Patriarch | |
|Fathom | |Monarch | |
|Tawdry | |Hierarchy | |
|Stentorian | |Matriarch | |
Friday – Complete the following cross word puzzle. Remember there is a quiz today!
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Across
3. weak point
5. assisting memory
6. make lucky discoveries by chance or accident
8. father, male leader of family, clan, tribe, group
9. showy and cheap
10. mother; female leader of family, clan, tribe, group
Down
1. person or things arranged in series or rank
2. a ruler; king, queen, emperor, sultan
4. very loud
7. understand, figure out, penetrate meaning
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